Automobile-lock



A. J. GRAY AND W. HEBEHN. AUTOMOBILE Loox.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1920. v 1,383,617. Patented July 5, 1921.

u tra s SHIP coNsIs'IING or ALBERTJ. GRAY-y WILLIAM IIEBERN, lAND DAvInGUILD, JR..

AUTOMOBILE-Lock.

Application iiled March29, `1920. Seria1.No. 369,640.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that we, ALBERT J. GRAY and WILLIAM HEBERN, citizens of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, respectively, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Locks, of which` the following is a specification.

This invention, relates to improvements in automobile locks of the type which when locked will render the gear shift vlever inoperative.

VThe primary objectof this invention is to provide a relatively simple, inexpensive, eas

ily operable, and reliable locking device for locking the gear shift lever vof an automo! bile against operation inneutral position,- whereby an `automobile thus locked, ,cannotu vbe driven oif by unauthorizedlpersons and is safeguarded against theft.

Theinvention possesses other advantages and features, some of which, with the fore-( going will be set forth at length in the followf ingl description wherewe shall outline in full,

that form o f the inventionwhich we have selected for illustration inthe drawings accompanying and forming a part ofthe presf,

ent specification. vIn said drawings we have shown `one/ form of the .Construction of our invention but itis to'be understood that we do not limit ourselves to such form, since the invention as expressed inthe claims may be embodied-in a plurality of forms.

j Figure V1 is a fragmentary 'perspective view of an automobile showing our invention applied to the gear shift lever thereof` and in locked position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of the gear shift leverand its connectionwith the iioor of theautomobile, showing the lock in normal unlocked position in full lines, and as it will appear when locked, in dotted lines.- i

Fig. '3 is a top plan view of the locking device, partv thereof being broken away and tersV with the opening 6 through the' lug- 7 .movementy type, and mountedA in thelcustomref ary manner for such movementin facastf, Ing 2. The lever is held in placeintheicast-g; ing by4 a plate 3 mountedV upon the top; o

the casting. This plate is ordinarilyheld in place by screws, not shown.

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ALBERT J. GRAY' ANDWILLIAM HEBERN, or" OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AsfsIerNoRs,'BY` J DIRECT 'ANDIvIEsNE-AssIGNMEN'rs, TosEoURITY Specification of Letters Patent.l i APte flied July 5,

1 In order to provide for the .useof our in# vention, we remove the screws such as ordinarily used to hold the plate 3, inplace ,l

and substitute therefor screws 4L having enf? larged preferably cylindrical heads, which.. heads of the lugs 5 ,is provided'kwith-astransverse opening 6 extending therethrough.

l/Ve provide a locking member -7V verticallyadjustably mounted upon the, gear shift lever 1. This membery isgpreferablyffinfthef project considerably` upwardly fromi; the plate 3 and providelocking lugs. @neg form ofa circular relatively ,thiclrfmetalp plate provided with a central .-aperture. Sfsol. v v

as* to receive vthe lever 1.- .Theiopen-inggor,

aperture 8 is enlarged cireumferentiall-y ai@` its lower end, as at ;9, so as to,- permit of thfe:

movement ofthe locking member -int`o ,close;l .j

contact with the plateg- Orr opposite sides@ A of the 4member orplate 7areformedqopena; ings10-adaptedtoreceiveg helugstl.; i

' The lockingmember isnormally held;,iIr-` up position, as Shown-n. Fig.. ,2,1 ont of'yco tact With-the 1.ugs15., by, an-expansenspringsi .11. This spring is iittedintothe opening v8` and at its lower end rests upon the plate 3.' In one side of the member?, thereis provided a transverseopening 12 which regissaid boss. In order to retain thel spring 11,..

inthe aperture 8,' there Vmay be provided an inwardly extending flange 15 Yat the upper end of saidV aperture. *f

'Y The locking member? with the Yspring 8 thereon, 'mayf be readily mounted upon` the lever 1 by Vremoving the ball ,handle portion 16 on the upper endof the lever.`

- the member 7 in 'position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, the lever 1 may be operated with i in the ordinary manner without interferencel .When it isdesired to` lock the lever in neuf i thereof, the aperture 8 Vextending through- 1 `actuated by a key.21.

gated'hasp 18. When the openings G and 12 are brought into registration, the lhasp 18is inserted through said openings and the member 7 is thus locked in such 'posi tion that movement of the gear shift lever 1 out of neutral position is prevented.

Referring particularly to Fig. 5, we have shown a locking member' 19, which is similar in every respect' to the member 7 0f the preferred form of the invention. ln this form of the invention, the modification consists in the provision of a locking device 2O The locking device 2O includes abolt 22 which co-acts with the head 23 of one of the screws 24 similar to the screws 4C so as to lock the member 19 in operative position.

VVe'claiIn:` A l 1. In an`v automobile lock, the combination with the gear shift lever ofr an automobile .and a member to whichthe lower portion 'of said lever. isy attached, of a locking vmember'vertically adjustably mounted upon said gear' shift lever,1means for normally holding said locking member out of locking position,andmeans independent of 'and en" gaged directly with the irst-named member for locking said locking'member tothe first named member to prevent movement of said lever;

be employed to loci-r thev `2.1'In combination with the gear shifty leverof an automobile and av vmember to which the lower portion of said lever is attached, of locking lugs mounted upon said member, a locking member adyustably mounted upon sald-.gearvshift lever and 4-5 having openings therein to receive said lugs, a spring normally holding said locking member out of contact with said lugs, and means for locking saidl `locking member against,

movement with, the lugs received `"in Vthe 50 openings therefor, to prevent movement of said lever.

3. The combination with the geanshift lever of an automobilel and a member vto which the lower portionofsaid lever is at- .tached, of locking lugs on said membena locking member having anVv opening therethrough which'receives the lever, said loclring member having openings therein to re'- ceive the lugs, means fornormally holding 50 the locking memberout-of contact with saidf lugs and means for locking said locking member in contact with said lugs;Y 4e. The combination with the gear shift lever of an automobile and armeni-ber to which the'lower portion of said lever is aty tached, of locking lugsv on said membena locking member having an opening there? through which receives the lever, saidv locking member having opening 4therein toY re-H70 ceive the lugs, means for normally holding l the locking member out ofcontact with said lugs, one of said lugs having an opening therethrough, said locking memb'erhaving an opening therein registering withfthev opening` in the lug'when thelocling member A Yreceives the lugs in the openings therefor',-

and a padlock having its hasp insertedVK through'thevalined openings..y I

, .ALBERT i. GRAY c A 'YILLIAM 

